The Last Alchemist

night.

In Nerogard City, on the road beside the clear water river, the cold river wind blew, blowing the leaves and passing through the streets, making a howling sound like a ghost crying.

The road along the river was pitch dark, not a soul could be seen, and even the patrolling guards hid.

"Got~got~got~"

Suddenly there was the sound of rapid horse hooves in the distance, and after a while, a carriage sped out from the corner of the street, running along Linjiang Avenue towards the dock.

There was a dim hurricane lamp hanging in front of the carriage. Through the dim light, you could vaguely see the carriage driver's serious expression. He kept whipping his whip, urging the horse to run faster, as if he was chasing hungry wolves behind him. .

Maybe it was because the light was too dim. One of the horses' front legs suddenly tilted and made a crunching sound. The horse immediately let out a shrill cry and fell to the ground uncontrollably. Then it continued to fall to the ground. roll.

The carriage was suddenly dragged out of balance, the distance between the front of the carriage and the carriage tilted, and it inevitably rushed towards the side of the road.

"Xu~~"

The coachman hurriedly pulled the reins, trying to regain control of the carriage, but the carriage was too fast, and with the rough control method, if something went wrong, it would be irreversible.

In a moment of chaos, the carriage hit the evergreen bushes on the side of the road. Due to the huge inertia, it rushed forward against the bushes and rushed out for more than ten meters. The carriage fell to the ground with a bang. stopped.

The coachman was knocked upside down, and his hands were dripping with blood from the reins, but he ignored his injuries. As soon as the carriage stopped, he struggled to get up, rushed to the front of the carriage, and pulled open the door forcefully: " Miss Amiya, how are you?"

A weak female voice came from the carriage: "It's nothing serious. What happened just now?"

The coachman reached out and pulled out the woman's hand in the carriage, and forcefully pulled her out of the deformed carriage: "A horse stepped into a pit and broke its front leg."

"How come there are pits on Linjiang Avenue in the west of the city?" the woman frowned.

There are a lot of horse-drawn carriages in Fugui District, and road maintenance is very diligent. According to common sense, there is no possibility of a pit big enough to break a horse's leg.

She climbed out of the car and jumped off the edge. As soon as she landed, she couldn't help but groan and covered her abdomen tightly with both hands. He had moved too much, and the wound that had been sutured recently seemed to have torn open again.

"Miss Amiya?" The carriage driver hurriedly stepped forward to help her.

"It doesn't matter to me."

Amiya shook her head and looked towards the road. After just one glance, her pupils shrank suddenly: "No, this is not a pit, it is a trap! We have been plotted, let's go quickly!"

As she spoke, the light around her body began to become unnaturally distorted. In the blink of an eye, a faint black mist enveloped her body, making her whole body looming.

She turned around quickly and ran towards the woods on the side of the road.

Although her body was seriously injured, Amiya still burst out with tremendous power when her life was at stake. While running wildly, he jumped at least 20 meters in one second. After a few vertical leaps, he ran into the woods by the river.

There are many evergreen tree species in the woods. Under the cover of the leaves, the light is darker and it is almost impossible to see the five fingers. In such an environment, Shadow Demon's natural abilities were brought into full play. Amiya and the environment became one, completely inseparable from each other.

"It's safe for now." Amiya breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, she suddenly heard a 'ding' sound in her ear. The sound was very soft, like the sound of metal colliding, and it sounded a bit familiar.

"What's going on? Is there an ambush in the woods?" Amiya's heart skipped a beat.

Before she could react, the forest, which had no light at all, suddenly burst into intense light. The light was so bright, like a sea of ​​brilliance, that it stung Amiya so hard that she couldn't even open her eyes, let alone run away.

Her only movement was to cover her eyes with her hands.

By this time, she already knew what had happened, and she was completely desperate: "It's over."

A low, hoarse voice sounded not far from her: "Devil, if I were you, I would stay where I was and not move, so as not to suffer again."

"Doctor Pasteur, I didn't expect that you found me first." Amiya sighed. She had already experienced Pasteur's terrible methods, and she would not have to suffer the pain of burning bones and eroding hearts again. She stood there obediently, motionless.

"Devil, your vitality also surprises me. However, since I have accepted Master Petain's money, I naturally have to solve his troubles. So, I am very sorry, but I have to send you on your way."

‘Kacha~Kacha~’

Amiya heard a strange metal friction sound. She had heard similar noises in the Blackthorn Villa before, and knew that it was coming from the terrifying weapon in the opponent's hand.

‘Hey~ It’s okay, we are all going to die anyway, it doesn’t matter if we die early or later. ’ Amiya gave up her resistance. She closed her eyes, stood up straight, and waited quietly for death to come.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, the expected explosion never came. Amiya was wondering: 'What's going on? ’

Just as the question arose, she suddenly heard another sound in her ears, which was the sound of footsteps, very light, sounding right next to her.

"?"

Before she could react, she felt something hit her forehead, very heavy, and the force went straight through her brain. If she had not been seriously injured before, she might have been able to withstand this, but she was now seriously injured and weak. After being hit so hard on the head, she felt a violent shock in her brain, her eyes went black, and then she knew nothing.

On the other side, Rosen saw Annie succeed, and immediately rushed over, pulled out a high-strength tungsten steel chain from the package, locked Emilia's hands and feet, and took out a metal mouthpiece to cover Emilia's mouth, and then said to Annie: "Go! I'll clean up the scene!"

"Okay!" Annie carried Emilia on her back and quickly left the grove.

Rosen activated the alchemical magic, extinguished all the burning flash bombs, and then recovered them all. He also carefully cleaned up the traces at the scene, footprints, bloodstains, and residues produced by the burning of aluminum and magnesium, and anything that might expose his whereabouts, all cleaned up completely.

Rosen had practiced this kind of cleanup work many times in the underground training ground of the Yuema Mansion. He was fast and good at it. In less than 3 minutes, he had wiped out all traces of the scene.

After finishing, Rosen trotted out of the grove.

While running, he activated the alchemical power to clean up his footprints.

He had to be cautious because this place was very close to the Nilogard Academy. The flash bomb was too bright. Even with the cover of the woods, it was very obvious and would definitely be discovered by the magicians of the Nilogard Academy.

After running out of the grove, Rosen hid at the entrance of the alley near the woods.

After waiting patiently for more than five minutes, he saw a college-style carriage coming from the direction of the academy. After arriving at the grove, three middle-aged men dressed as magicians got off the carriage and entered the woods with vigilant faces.

"Hmm~ It took almost half an hour to get to the scene. The speed is very average."

Rosen chuckled and retreated into the alley, then turned and circled in the alley. Several times, he passed by the Leaping Horse Mansion on the way, but he just didn't go in. It was not until the fourth time that Rosen made sure that no one was following him, and then he entered the mansion from the back door.

When he arrived in the yard, he dodged the mansion servants all the way and quietly entered the underground training room inside the mansion.

There were 10 incandescent lamps in the basement, and the light was as bright as daytime. In the center of the basement, Shadow Demon Emilia was tied to a steel chair, her hands and feet were tightly locked with tungsten steel chains. She was still in a coma, and her head was drooping weakly.

Anne was sitting on a bench beside the basement. Seeing Rosen, she asked, "Is there a tail following you?"

Rosen shook his head, "At least I didn't notice it."

He looked at the shadow demon Amyia, "Is she about to wake up?"

Annie shrugged, "You should ask how long she plans to pretend to be unconscious."

After that, she picked up a small stone from the ground and flicked it gently on Amyia's face, "Hey, stop pretending. I know you woke up a long time ago."

As soon as the voice fell, Rosen saw Amyia slowly raise her head and look at him.

When there was no black fog around her body, this shadow demon looked like a petite woman, probably in her early twenties, with ivory skin, black hair, and very black eyes, like two bottomless whirlpools, the skin of the upper and lower eyelids was slightly dark, a bit like natural smoky makeup, not ugly, showing a melancholy and delicate feeling.

She asked, "Dr. Pasteur, why don't you kill me?"